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60% of UK website tests revealed Internet encryption and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

10th April 2008 60% of web application tests performed for UK organisations showed that their websites contain weak encryption or cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities Read More

Demilitarised Zone most secure option for BlackBerry device

28th February 2008 Recent BlackBerry testing by IT security consultancy, NTA Monitor, has revealed that organisations are still not configuring these mobile devices correctly Read More

Retailers should put security top of their Christmas list

13th November 2007 With British consumers spending more than £6.6 billion online in the last two months of last year, the 2007 festive season is set to be one of great cheer for online retailers Read More

Businesses warned not to have skeletons in cupboards

13th November 2007 For many organisations, the festive season is an opportunity to heave a corporate sigh of relief and enjoy the brief respite in frenetic business activity as countless people all over the world, go home to celebrate Christmas Read More
Welcome to June's edition of Internet Security News, the monthly risks bulletin detailing the latest Internet software and system vulnerabilities from NTA Monitor, a leading Internet security testing company. It provides a convenient way to keep up to date with the fast changing world of Internet security; this month's edition includes a total of 10 risk issues: 2 High, 1 Medium, 1 Low and 6 Informational.

June 2007

Microsoft's May patches

(High risk) Microsoft has issued patches for seven critical vulnerabilities in its latest Patch Tuesday Read More

Multiple Mac OS X flaws fixed

(High risk) Multiple Mac OS X flaws have been fixed, some of which could permit the exposure of sensitive information, DoS attacks or data manipulation Read More

Multiple vulnerabilities found in Cisco's IOS FTP

(Medium risk) Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Cisco's IOS FTP server, successful exploitation of which could result in an attacker bypassing security, launching a DoS attack or gaining system access Read More

Sun Microsystems DoS vulnerability

(Low risk) A DoS vulnerability has been found in Solaris, Sun's UNIX OS, which is caused by an integer signedness error Read More

Google AdWords hacked

(Informational) Google has admitted that its AdWords service has been hijacked by hackers looking to spread malware Read More

Junior doctor applicants' details accessible by all

(Informational) Following two security lapses, the Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) site was taken offline at the beginning of May Read More

MoD satellite hacked by British hackers

(Informational) A Ministry of Defence satellite has been hacked by a group of British hackers Read More

NTA's latest report says IT security has improved

(Informational) NTA Monitor's 2007 Annual Security Report has revealed that 32% of UK organisations tested had critical vulnerabilities that are widely known and actively exploited by hackers, compared to 61% in 2006, indicating that companies have improved their security posture in the last year Read More

Online visa application unsecured for a year

(Informational) The online visa application website for Indian citizens wishing to travel to the UK was left insecure for a year, exposing up to 50,000 people's details Read More

Use of weak encryption allowed TJX theft

(Informational) TJX recently revealed that over 45 million of its customers' card details had been stolen but wasn't sure how - until now Read More

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